Francis Ford Coppola is one of the most prestigious and critically acclaimed directors in cinematographic history. He directed, among others, the Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now, and has won so many awards it's hard to keep track. In an interview with 99%, he touched on the subject of art and making money, and his musings are fascinating, and yet another indication that the times are changing in the content industry. "Who says artists have to make money?" Coppola wonders.

Where's the pay off for an artist if they make no money for their first 3 albums and then when they reach prominence, people pay them nothing for their previous work. Work that could've come out as recently as 2003.

Good news for the likes of Simon Cowell and their gravy trains, who already measure artists' careers in months rather than years. They can get some baby-faced muppet to sing a schlock version of your work, or mix it into an R&B tune and pay you nothing for it.

They get rich off fickle teen's pocket money, while you get to play a slightly bigger venue in Milton Keynes. Everyone's a winner, ahem.